Learn how pre-sale building inspections can help home sellers Pre-sale building inspections fo sellers. By Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Examples of how a pre-sale inspections by Peter Weddell can help current home owners, considerably. Pre-sale building inspection of a two storey brick veneer [...]
Why a conversion of a garage to a living area is not a good idea. Learn why a garage conversion to living area can cause serious problems QBIS. Is it garage conversion possible? What problems may develop from conversion ? Reasons why high-set houses cannot be effectively converted. Will it jeopardise my insurance cover [...]
Learn why it is not a good idea to convert a garage into a living area. Garage conversions & associated problems. Some examples of what happens when garages are converted to something they were never intended to be. QBIS. Ceiling heights are only part of many important reasons why garages are not suitable for [...]
High-set houses and why they cannot be effectively converted to 2 storey without creating serious problems. Conversion of high-set house and defects they iccur. QBIS. Slab of a high-set house with high moisture meter readings. Rising damp most likely from lack of a plastic membrane below the slab. Moisture meter readings where much [...]
Inaccurate building report carried out for a home seller Home sellers inaccurate building report. Problems missed or severely understated by a building inspection service. The inspector was Acting on behalf of a seller and recommended by the agent. QBIS. Considerable sagging to roof and ceiling: This roof was supported off a binder beam [...]
High-set house being sold as 2 storey house. Misleading advertised high-set house sold as 2 storey house. The house did not comply with Building Code requirements for habitable area use. QBIS. This high-set house that was supposedly converted to a 2 storey house, according to the agents brochure. The house had been inspected by [...]
Learn what the differences are between a 2 storey and high-set house. Differences between 2 storey & high-set houses. A typical high-set house. QBIS. The following photos show indications of seepage and rising damp to single and double brick walls (no cavity) of high-set houses. These problems are the reasons why high-set houses are [...]
